Match-making machine.



No. 783,334. PATENTBD FEB. 21, 1905.

G. HLTROUP.

MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1903. RENEWED JAN. 23, 1905.

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0. H. TROUP. MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20. 1903. RENEWED JAN. 23, 1905.

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PATENT QFFICE.

CALVIN H. TROUP, OF BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PENNSYLVANIA MATCH COMPANY, OF BELLEFONTE, PENN- SYLVANIA.

MATCH- IVIAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,334, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed June 20, 1903. Renewed January 23, 1905. Serial No. 242,385.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, CALVIN I-I. TROUP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellefonte, in the county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Match-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the abutment-block mechanism in that class of match-making machines in which the matchsticks after they are out are forced into holes in a plate called a sticking-plate by means of a horizontally-moving abutment-block carried by the head that bears the cutters, and is an improvement on the device shown and described in Patent No. 623,217, granted to William L. Nye and dated April 18, 1899.

Although the mechanism used for actuating the abutment-block in the above-mentioned patent was found to perform its work efficiently, still the movement of the free end of the bell-crank lever not being guided in any way was necessarily abrupt and jerky, and it was found that its successive impact against the guard by means of which the abutmentblock was horizontally reoiprocated when the cutter-head was vertically reciprocated often caused breakage of the lever and the part had to be replaced.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved mechanism for reciprocating the abutment-block in and out under the cutting-knives simple in construction, smooth and even in its movement, so as to be protected against sudden breakage, and reliable in its action at all times.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the actuating mechanism may be firmly held in its proper working position and properly guided in its movement, but at the same time binding or wearing friction is prevented in its movement in passing from one position to another while forcing the abutment-block in and out.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings forming a part of the specification.

, While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is an elevated sectional view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a detached enlarged portion of the apparatus, showing the devices for operating the abutment-block in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4: is a partial sectional view of Fig. 2 on line 00 m.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 shows the main cutter-frame of the device. which is formed of two supports carrying between them the main driving-shaft 2, journaled in the lower parts of said supports. The shaft 2 has acentral crankwrist 3, supported between two disk heads, on which is journaled one end of a pitman A. The opposite end of the pitman grasps the wrist of a cross-head 5, that slides in ways 6 and bears the cutter-head 7, on which are mounted the cutters 8, each adjustably retained by a pin 9 and clamped in place by a bar 10, held by bolts 11. The cutter-head moves reciprocally in front of a stick-trough 12, the end of which is shown in section, through which the blocks of wood (not shown) are fed progressively toward the cutting-tool. Beneath the trough is a box 13, adapted to be connected with a fan or other means for I producing a blast and having a narrow opening toward the cutter-head for the air to issue and drive away dust and particles of wood. In the edge of the inner side of this box just below the plane of the bottom of the trough 12 at its front endare a series of blunt points 14, projecting upwardly therefrom and so disposed as to register with the apertures of the cutters 8 and adapted to slightly enter these apertures as the cutters come down thereto, thus permitting such sufiicient downward movement of the cutters as to completely sever the match-splints from the wood blocks. As the cross-head 5 is reciprocated upwardly the match-splints are removed from contact withthe points 14 and forced, by means of the abutment-block mechanism hereinafter described, into the sticking-plate 15, which is actuated by any approved means, (not shown,) and the match-splints thus carried away to be passed through a dipping-trough. Depending from the front of the cutter-head 7 is a rigid plate or apron 16, extending entirely across the front of trough 12 and under the cutter-head and of such depth as to form a guard across theend of said trough when the cutter-head is raised to its highest position in the process of forcing the match-splints into the sticking-plate, and thus prevent the shorter blocks falling inward as the knives pass upward, owing to the fact that as splints are cut from the blocks and they become short their center of gravity reaches a point beyond the end of the trough, and they thus become overbalanced. The cutter-head (shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3) consists of a bed-bar 17, having in its upper face channels divided by integral partitions 18, between which the cutters 8 rest and in which they are clamped by the bar 10, that has an opening or groove 20 intermediate its ends to cover both partitions and cutters. Just above this bed-bar 17 and extending under, across, and against the cutters is secured the abutting bar or plate 22, which is attached to its actuating mechanism in a manner to be hereinafter described.

Up to this point my description of the mechanism has been for explanatory purposes merely and has related to old material and known parts and has not intended to touch upon my present improvements. I will now proceed to describe the novel and original matter of which the present invention consists.

Attached to one end of the cutter-head 7-is an car 23, which has formed in its lower portion a way or groove 24, adapted to carry and retain a sliding block 25, to the inner end of which is attached the abutting bar or plate 22 and its connections. This abutment-block 22 is attached in any suitable and efficient manner, as by screws, to the top of a second bar 22, which is wider than the face of the cutters and extends beyond the same on either side, its ends resting in a rahbet formed on the inner ends of the sliding blocks 25 and connected thereto in any suitable manner. The bar 22' rests in a groove 19, formed in the bed-bar 17, which is of such size as to give the bar 22 suflicient play to move the abutment-block under the cutters when the cross-head 5 is moved upward and the abutment-block mechanism is thereby operated. In the rear portion of the ear 23 and above the slide 25 is pivoted the upper end of a camlever 26 by means of a set-screw 27 and which cam-lever is loosely connected to slide 25 by means of aset-screw 28, passing through the cam-lever and through an elongated slot 29, formed in the cam-lever. The cam-lever 26 being thus connected to the cross-head 5 will follow its reciprocal movement when actuated by the pitman 4, and for the purpose to be hereinafter explained it is suitably guided in this movement by two roller-bearing or antifrictional guides 30, securely fastened in a suitable guard 31 to the main cutter-frame 1 at a convenient point.

l/Yhen the cutter-head 7 is in its lowest position, as shown in Fig. 2, the bar or plate 22 is normally drawn backward from beneath the cutters by reason of the configuration of the cam-lever 26, resting between the fixed guide-rollers 30; but as it rises between said guide-rollers with the cross-head 5 the configuration of the cam-lever causes the slide 25, which carries the bars or plates 22 and 22, to be forced forward through its guideway or groove 24, and thus carry the bar or plate 22 under the cutters to form an abutment to prevent the match-splints from being forced back through the cutter-die when butted into the sticking-plates 15, which are of ordinary construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a match-making machine, a cutterhead and knives fastened therein adapted to have a vertical reciprocating motion, a plate or bar arranged below said knives, a lever connected at one end to said cutter-head and having its other end free, means connecting said lever to said plate or bar, antifrictionrollers between which the free end of said lever passes in its movement, and a cam-surface on said free end bearing on said rollers whereby said plate or bar is caused to move reciprocally under and recede from said knives when motion is imparted to the cutter-head, substantially as described.

2. In a match-making machine, a cutterhead and knives fastened therein adapted to have a vertical reciprocating motion, a plate or bar arranged below said knives, a plurality of depending cam-levers each connected at one end to said cutter-head having their other ends free, and means loosely connected to each of said cam-levers and securely connected to said plate or bar whereby the same is caused to move reciprocally under and recede from said knives when motion is imparted to the cutter-head and antifriction-rollers between which the free ends of said cam-levers pass in their vertical movement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of June, 1903.

CALVIN H. TROUP.

Witnesses:

S. A. DONACHY, J. L. MONTGOMERY, WV. Gr. RUNKLE. 

